all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
program (e.g. TV); programme
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
single word; a few words; brief comment
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
10,000,000,000; ten billion
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
messenger; envoy; emissary
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
such; like that; that sort of; very
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
contract; compact; agreement
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege